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Encyclopedia > King Injo of Joseon
Injo of Joseon
Temple name
Hangul: 인조
Hanja: 仁祖
Revised Romanization: Injo
McCune-Reischauer: Injo
Birth name
Hangul: 이종
Hanja: 李倧
Revised Romanization: Yi Jong
McCune-Reischauer: Yi Chong

Injo of Joseon (1595-1649, r. 1623-1649) was the 15th king of the Korean Joseon Dynasty. He was the grandson of Seonjo. King Injo was king during both the first and second Manchu invasions, which ended with the surrender of Joseon to the Qing Dynasty in 1636. Temple names (Traditional Chinese: 廟號 Simplified Chinese: 庙号 Pinyin: miào hào;), are commonly used when naming most Chinese, Vietnamese (such dynasties as Tran,Anterior Lê and Nguyen Dynasty) and most Korean rulers of the Goryeo and Joseon Dynasties. ... Hangul (한글) is the native alphabet used to write the Korean language, as opposed to the Hanja system borrowed from China. ... Hanja (lit. ... The Revised Romanization of Korean is the official Korean language romanization system in South Korea. ... McCune-Reischauer is one of the two most widely used Korean language romanization systems, along with the Revised Romanization of Korean, which replaced McCune-Reischauer as the official romanization system in South Korea in 2000. ... The Joseon Dynasty (alternatively, Choson or Chosun) was the final ruling dynasty of Korea, lasting from 1392 until 1910. ... King Seonjo ruled in Korea between 1567 and 1608. ... The Manchus under Hong Taiji made their first expedition to Korea in 1627. ... The Manchu Qing Empire made the second expedition to Korea in 1637 and brought her into submission. ... The Qing Dynasty (Manchu: daicing gurun; Chinese: 清朝; pinyin: qīng cháo; Wade-Giles: ching chao), sometimes known as the Manchu Dynasty, was founded by the Manchu clan Aisin Gioro, in what is today northeast China expanded into China proper and the surrounding territories of Inner Asia, establishing... Events February 24 - King Christian of Denmark gives an order that all beggars that are able to work must be sent to Brinholmen Island to build ships or as galley rowers March 26 - Utrecht University founded in The Netherlands. ...


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Gwanghae-gun of Joseon (411 words)
1608-1623) was the 15th king of the Joseon Dynasty[?].
Since he realized Joseon was unable to compete with the Manchu military power, he tried to keep friendly relationship with the Manchus, while the kingdom was still under the suzerainty of Ming, which angered Ming and dogmatic Confucist Koreans.
The Westerners faction installed Injo[?] as the 16th king and took pro-Ming and anti-Manchu policies, which brought two Manchu invasions.
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